Favourite Samurai Warriors Character?

[Darkcake99]

Hey, I'm a big Dynasty Warriors nerd but I am only recently discovering Samurai Warriors through this game. I've noticed I'm not a big fan of most Samurai characters however, some of the personalities are a throw to me but mostly it is their strange invulnerable state instead of a musou attack.

I decided to ask then, are there any Samurai enjoyers that can recommend their favourite characters for whatever reason (eg. combos, style, personality, etc.)? I've only thoroughly enjoyed Hanzo Hattori so far but it took me many missions and prep to get there, other chars like Date, Nene, Sanada feel like they could be strong but just don't meet the standard of DW characters to me. I'd love to be proven wrong though.

Late replies are welcome, not even the tumbleweeds show up here these days.

[Weyrlock]

Kunoichi, Ginchiyo Tachibana and Kai are all top tier, especially this last one, but in general, all Samurai Warriors characters are worse than DW ones or especially nerfed in comparison to their gameplay on their main franchise. (Kai is top 3 from the entire cast in the game, but her basic attacks moveset is trash, she is very dependant of powerful weapons upgrades).
If someday they release Samurai Warriors 2 on steam, I and most people will agree (just search on this forum) strongly recommend you to play it, unless you prefer the changes in most newer musou games, if so just stick to the latest ones.

[Sacra]

Originally posted by Weyrlock:

Kunoichi, Ginchiyo Tachibana and Kai are all top tier, especially this last one, but in general, all Samurai Warriors characters are worse than DW ones or especially nerfed in comparison to their gameplay on their main franchise. (Kai is top 3 from the entire cast in the game, but her basic attacks moveset is trash, she is very dependant of powerful weapons upgrades).
If someday they release Samurai Warriors 2 on steam, I and most people will agree (just search on this forum) strongly recommend you to play it, unless you prefer the changes in most newer musou games, if so just stick to the latest ones.

Ginchiyo Tachibana was such a great character in Orochi 1, but in this game they changed her special to the worse :(.

For SW character, you need to hold the musou button for them to perform their musou. They'll keep attacking until your gauge is empty, unlike the DW characters (if you didn't know that already).

I haven't played all the ones in WO3 yet, but Yukimura Sanada is by far my favorite one. He's just a killer machine that racks upso much combo numbers that an aggression build makes Gaulent purple red stages so easy to do that feels like cheating. lol

From WO3, so far, I recommend Tadakastsu Honda (he's just a beast, Lu Bu from Japan basically), Yukimura Sanada, Yoshimoto Imagawa (he's weird, but with a good build and getting the right feeling, he's a beast), Kyomasa Kato and Keiji Maeda.

From my experience with WO1, I'd also recommend Ranmaru Mori, Mitsuhide Akechi, Kotaro Fuma, Kanetsugu Naoe, Masamune Date, No, Hideyoshi Toyomi and Musashi Miyamoto.

They are all good if you like their move sets / specials. I wouldn't recommend them for a musou build, unless you want to cheese with invulnerability and infinite musou, but tweaking a bit, you can find all characters can be enjoyable to an extend.

(to note, I'm also a DW nerd lol)

[Auckes]

Nobunaga. Guy probably got buffed, his speed is insane at normal attacks, mounted is a menace and you can circle around enemies, while spamming shockwave attack (Lclick x3 then Rclick).

[joymocha1299]

1. Sanada Nobuyuki 2. Tachibana Muneshige 3. Chosokabe Motochika 4. Sanada Yukimura. So sad, Warriors Orochi 3 didn't have Nobuyuki though he appeared in WO4. Anyway, I love Motochika's weapon, and Muneshige has so many charge attacks.

[joymocha1299]

My most favourite SW character is Nobuyuki, but he didn't appear as a playable character during SW3 and WO3. So sad.

[erikoshandi7]

lady hayakawa , just spining around like beyblade. also cute.